Observation pack · Monaghan County Council
Mullanarry , Carrickmacross , Co. Monaghan
permission to replace existing derelict shed with 2-storey 2-bedroom dwelling, re-open former entrance and connect to existing adjacent public mains, 2.0m high rear and side boundary walls and associated site works
Observations close 4 Nov 2026 9 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660426 · full record
- Authority
- Monaghan County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 1
- Floor area
- 76 m²
- Site area
- 266 m²
- Received
- 30 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 24 Nov 2026
- Decision
- N/a
The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.
How to submit an observation
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660426/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660426at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on. - Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Monaghan County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 4 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Monaghan County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
- Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.
Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.
After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: To protect and enhance existing residential amenity,to facilitate residential development on small infill sites within established residential areas,the comprehensive redevelopment of brownfield residential sites for sustainable residential development. | monaghan county development plan 2025 2031 | 7 Jul 2025 → 1 Jul 2031 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: Monaghan County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monaghan County Council development plan zoning | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660033 | Conditional | 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 494 m | permission for change of use from existing retail unit to proposed café, demolition of existing recessed shopfront entrance, construction of new shopfront with additional door to first floor level, proposed signage, construction of single storey extension to rear, alterations & additions to interior & exterior, connections to existing services and all associated site works |
| 2560176 | Conditional | 12 Dec 2025 | 20 | 275 m | APPEALED -ACP - DECISION: GRANTED Planning Permission for development consisting of the following: The provision of 19 no. dwellings comprising: 10 No. 4 bed semi-detached two storey dwellings, 8 No. 3 bed semi-detached two storey dwellings, 1 no. 2 bed detached single storey dwelling, boundary treatments, hard & soft landscaping, public lighting, new estate road, connection to existing mains services together with all ancillary and associated site works. Significant Further Information (17/11/25) increases the dwelling units proposed from 19 to 20 and also relates to submitted amended House type D, Revised Concept Statement, Road Safety Audit, Quality Audit, Revised Site Layout, Revised Landscape Plan, Amended Floor plans |
| 2460415 | Conditional | 16 Jun 2025 | 1 | 45 m | permission for the following, relating to Derryolam Glebe House, a protected structure in the Monaghan County Council Development Plan Ref. No. 41300361 and the NIAH Reg. No. 41310001: (I) Change of use of existing three and a half storey office building to residential use providing 4 no. two bed apartments together with all ancillary alterations, refurbishments & bin & bicycle storage (II) Refurbishment of existing two-storey derelict outbuilding to incorporate 2 no. two-storey semi-detached three-bedroom dwellings, to include a single-storey extension to the front elevation together with all ancillary alterations and refurbishments; (III) Construction of 4no. two-storey four-bedroom dwellings, (IV) Alterations of courtyard access to include relocation of stone pier, (V) Alterations of existing vehicular entrance and access road to include widening and set back of stone piers & gates, from the public road; (VI) Connection to public foul drainage with storm drainage to be accommodated within site boundaries; (VII) Open space, boundary treatments and all associated site works. Significant Further Information received relates to amended house positions, amended street lighting design, Architectural Heritage Impact Assessment, Arboricultural Survey, amended Road Safety Audit, Hydrological Report, and Flood Risk Assessment. |
| 249016 | Conditional | 13 Dec 2024 | 0 | 198 m | permission for 2no. 2-storey semi-detached dwelling house's with associated car-parking facilities along with connections to all public services and to include all associated site development works |
| 2460195 | Conditional | 21 Nov 2024 | 0 | 193 m | planning permission to an existing building comprising of i) demolition of existing dwelling, ii) construction of a new storey and a half, 3bed dwelling, iii) retaining walls and steps to rear amenity and all associated siteworks. Significant Further Information received relates to an amended Site Boundary, Ecology Report, Landscaping Plan and Daylight study. |
| 2460260 | Conditional | 13 Sept 2024 | 0 | 322 m | permission for development at Nr. 3 Ros Cluain, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. The development will consist of the retention of a bay window at the front of the dwelling |
| 2360232 | Conditional | 23 Apr 2024 | 0 | 292 m | permission for the retention of single storey domestic steel garage to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works |
| 2360318 | Conditional | 26 Mar 2024 | 1 | 451 m | permission for i.) subdivision of existing single storey dwelling, to provide 2 No. 1 bed dwellings, ii.) demolition of single storey structure to dwelling rear and all associated siteworks. Significant further information submitted relates to, revised site layout plan, planning description revised to include proposed extension to dwelling |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500585 | — | Granted with conditions | 23 Apr 2026 | 275 m |
If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.
What has happened on this file
- 30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
- 30 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Monaghan County Council before relying on it.